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historyhermann · 1 year
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Things Get Better?: LGBTQ Representation in Animation in 2022 [Part 2]
Continued from part 1
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In 2022, there was a plethora of LGBTQ characters in Western animation, from gay warriors Orc and Iago in Battle Kitty to a lesbian drama teacher in Dee Dee Holloway in Big Nate. Other series featured gay couples (as in Baymax!), gay and lesbian parents (as in Firebuds), and many other lesbian, bisexual, non-binary, and queer characters. [3]
Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the nineteenth article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on January 16, 2023.
Some series had more representation than others. One of these was The Legend of Vox Machina, airing on Amazon Prime and based on the Critical Role roleplaying podcast, which featured lesbian, bisexual, and queer characters, specifically Vex'ahlia "Vex" de Rolo, Vax'ildan "Vax" Vessar, Lady Kima, Keyleth of the Air Ashari, Scanlan Shorthalt, and Lady Allura Vysoren. Stephanie Beatriz, a bisexual actress, voiced two of these characters: Lady Kima and Lady Allura. In addition, there were was a reboot of Monster High which premiered on Nickelodeon in fall 2022, with more gender diversity and LGBTQ characters, such as a non-binary monster named Frankie Stein and two lesbian moms (Medusa and Lyra).
Just as powerful was the reboot of The Proud Family in a series named The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. It aired on Disney+ from February to April of 2022. Created by the same person as the original, Bruce W. Smith, it includes three gay characters: Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins, Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins, and Michael Collins. There were also one-time lesbian characters and queer vibes among other characters, who are part of the show's mostly Black cast.
One of these characters is Maya, a 14-year-old anti-racist activist voiced by Keke Palmer. Although Palmer is an actress who has described herself as sexually fluid and queer, it remains to be seen whether Maya will be "sexually fluid and queer as much as Palmer is in real-life."
This was followed, later in 2022, by the much-expected Dead End: Paranormal Park, which Netflix recently cancelled. This series broke barriers as the first animated series with a trans protagonist named Barney Guttman. He is voiced by a trans male actor, Zach Barack. The show also includes Norma Khan who likes multiple genders and is ambiguously queer, and Courtney, who is non-binary. This series goes beyond the barrier-breaking of High Guardian Spice, a series by a trans male creator, Raye Rodriguez, who voiced one of the show's characters (Caraway), or the trans male lead character in Wendell & Wild (Raúl Cocolotl), who was said to be the first trans man in an animated film.
2022 heralded the end of the much-beloved Disney series, Amphibia. The series featured LGBTQ characters who were confirmed after the show's finale, like bisexual Sasha Waybright, voiced by bisexual actress Anna Akana. There's also Mr. X, Frodrick Toadstool, and Toadie who are gay, Yunan and Lady Olivia who are lesbian, Ally who is pansexual, and Jess who is bisexual.
Continued in part 3
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[3] This includes lesbian characters Nadja el-Koury and Danielle in Human Resources, Laura Feinberg as a bisexual woman in Little Demon, a queer non-binary couple (Gladys and Wren) in Pinecone & Pony, a non-binary Faerie student named Jae in Supernatural Academy, and a non-binary transformer named Nightshade in Transformers: EarthSpark. In addition, Dragon Age: Absolution, which only aired for six episodes in December 2022, featured four of LGBTQ characters (Miriam, Hira, Roland, and Lacklon), with Qwydion voiced by Ashly Burch who came out as queer and pansexual in July 2022.
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ace-aussie-asshole · 2 years
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HPNG OC’s:
Honestly most of these characters were just names to fill in the setting, but anyone can use them as long as they credit me (@ace-aussie-asshole).
Canon characters will have asterisks (*) next to their names. Or relatively canon characters.
Trans-Fem/FTM (Pink) Tran-Masc/MTF (Blue) Non-Binary Umbrella (Yellow) Intersex Umbrella (Purple) DID/OSDD Systems (Orange)
2009-2016
Gryffindor
Tyson Wood [Male|He/Him|Intersex] 
Hufflepuff
*Teddy (Edward) Lupin [Demiboy|He/They/Xe|AMAB] [Venusic]
Angel (Jenna) Truman [Agender|He/She/They|AFAB] [Asexual Aromantic]
Ravenclaw
Ariella Belby [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Ethan Lockhart [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Slytherin
Phillipa Bhagat [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Vex (Richard) Lightman [Non-Binary|They/Them|Trans-Fem] [BPD]
2010-2017
Gryffindor
Dulcey McKinnon [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Ravenclaw
Genevieve (Adam) Quagliere [Female|She/Her|Trans] [Down Syndrome]
*Victoire Weasley [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Pansexual]
Slytherin
Janus Berrycloth [Male|He/Him|Cis] [OCD]
Timothy Lightman [Male|He/Him|Cis]
2011-2018
Gryffindor
Vivian Spinnet [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Gracie Wood [Female|She/Her|Cis] 
Hufflepuff
Eric Belby [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Dyspraxia]
Ravenclaw
Hillary Reynolds [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Slytherin
Emmett Pike [Male|He/Him|Cis]
2012-2019
Gryffindor
Joey Sanders [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Hufflepuff
Breanna Moon [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Tourette’s]
Penguin (Ryan) Perrie [Non-Binary|He/They|AMAB] [Pansexual]
Ravenclaw
Lucien Corner [Male|He/Him|Cis]
*Dom/Nyx (Dominique) Weasley [Demigirl|She/They|AFAB] [ADD|Bulemia]
Slytherin
Giovanni Bulstrode [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Edgar Macnair [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Bisexual]
Liviana Welks [Female|She/Her|Cis]
2013-2020
Gryffindor
Henry Meadowes [Male|He/Him|Cis]
*Molly Weasley [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Bisexual] [APD|Dyslexia]
Hufflepuff
Callum Bjornberg [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Harriette Edgecombe [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Ez (Esmee) Winter [Genderfluid|He/She/It|AFAB] [Sapphic] 
Ravenclaw
Yvonne Davies [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Autism|ADHD]
Poppy Chang [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Slytherin
Collin Higgs [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Odysseus Hopkirk [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Greysexual]
Achilles Nott Jr. [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Hestia Tuttle [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Omnisexual]
Aurelia Yaxley [Female|She/Her|Cis] [CF]
2014-2021
Gryffindor
Joslyn Jordan [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Down Syndrome]
Olivia Spinnet [Female|She/Her|Cis]
*Lucy Weasley [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Pansexual]
Hufflepuff
Barbara Fortescue [Female|She/Her|Intersex] [X]
Shane Glossop [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Bethan Lufkin [DID System Host|Female|She/Her|Cis] [DID|PTSD]
Jack Terrance [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Ravenclaw
Michael Boot [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Schizophrenia]
*Daisy Dursley [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Greysexual Panromantic]
Finch (Devon) Edgecombe [Female|She/Her|Trans] [Polysexual]
Christopher Reynolds [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Cyrus Terranova [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Slytherin
Fortuna Berrycloth [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Trinity (Jonathan) Dereks [Female|She/Her|Trans] [Androsexual Panromantic]
Vivian Higgs [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Nikolas Krum [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Homosexual]
Thalassa Lee [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Calypso Macnair [Female|She/Her|Cis] [GAD]
Loki (Archibald) Maddocks [Genderfluid|He/She/They|Intersex/CAMAB] [Queer]
Harold Nott [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Reginald Nott [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Oscar Pike [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Bee (Dmitry) Yaxley [Agender|All Pronouns|AMAB] [Diamoric]
2015-2022
Gryffindor
Sloane Finnigan [Female|She/Her|Cis]
*Frank Longbottom [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Unlabelled]
Addison Jordan [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Connor McClaggan [Male|He/Him|Cis]
*James Sirius Potter [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Bisexual] [PD]
Jason Spinnet [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Xenia Tsoukalos [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Bipolar]
*Fred Weasley [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Omnisexual]
*Louis Weasley [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Asexual Aromantic]
Hufflepuff
Felicity Bjornberg [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Lorenzo Davies [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Willow Goldstein [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Coltan Kettleburn [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Claire Oppenheimer [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Scott Whinston [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Tourette’s|ADD]
Red (Maja) Wiltson [DID System Host|Non-Binary|They/Them|Trans-Masc] [Asexual Panromantic] [DID|PTSD]
Ravenclaw
Tristan Creevey [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Callum Haywood [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Bisexual]
Louise Glossop [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Helena (Remy) Ollivander [Female|She/Her|Trans]
Emilia Witt [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Slytherin
Rift/Rowan (Aphrodite) Davis [Non-Binary|They/Them|AFAB] [Pansexual] [ADHD]
Neptune (Genevieve) Flicker [DID System Host|Demiboy|He/She|AFAB] [Homosexual] [DID|PTSD]
Hadrian Flint [DID System Host|Male|He/Him|Cis] [Greysexual] [DID|PTSD]
Lacerta Higgs [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Homosexual] [Autism]
Wisp (Georgiana) Jeraldine [Genderqueer|He/They|AFAB] [Asexual Panromantic] [BPD]
Cynthia Klantyme [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Androsexual]
Violet Krum [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Aromantic]
Triton Lee [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Freya (Blattarius) Pike [Female|She/Ze|Trans] [Bisexual]
Giuseppe Pucey [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Omnisexual]
Danika Yaxley [Female|She/Her|Cis]
2016-2023
Gryffindor
Alexandra Bell [Female|She/Her|Cis]
*Polly Chapman [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Vega Creevey [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Autism]
Bradley Finnagan [Male|He/Him|Cis]
*Yann Fredericks [Male|He/Him|Cis]
*Rose Granger-Weasley [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Narysexual]
Anita Lawn [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Elijah Roper [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Ezra Roper [Demiboy|He/They|AMAB]
Elizabeth Valiant [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Benjamin Waylon [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Hufflepuff
Alexis Boot [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Terrance Bjornberg [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Tereza Dvorak [Female|She/Her|Cis]
*Karl Jenkins [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Homosexual]
*Alice Longbottom [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Bisexual] [Autism]
Astrid (Arvid) Ludvig [Female|She/Her|Trans]
Zeynep Ozdemir [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Damir Petrovic [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Hayley Smith [Female|She/Her|Cis] [CP]
Francois Tsoukalos [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Bisexual]
Clifford Wenlock [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Hasad Yilmaz [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Ravenclaw
Gustav Ahlquist [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Erica Corkwyn [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Jacob De Vries [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Diana Hilliard [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Demiromantic]
Adam Hopkins [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Boryslav Kovalenko [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Agata Kowalski [Azurgirl|He/She/They|AFAB] 
Johannes Schneider [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Katelyn Twistle [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Madelief Van Dijk [Female|She/Her|Cis] 
Adolf Wagner [OSDD System Host|Male|He/Him|Cis] [OSDD|PTSD]
Lorelei Weber [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Slytherin
Zeus Avery [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Queer]
Capri Bulstrode [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Bisexual]
Honoria Carrow [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Demeter Dolohov [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Homosexual]
*Vincent Goyle [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Omnisexual] [Diabetes]
Tethysa Lee [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Bisexual]
*Scorpius Malfoy [Rosboy|He/Ze/Fae|Intersex] [Asexual Homoromantic] [XXY|OCD]
Nebula Parkinson [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Bisexual] [Bulimia]
*Albus Severus Potter [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Polysexual] [Bipolar|Anorexia]
Finn Rookwood [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Homosexual]
Phoenix Snyde [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Atlas Tuttle [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Aromantic]
2017-2024
Gryffindor
Lief Bazch [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Courtney Spinnet [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Flower (Bella) Valiant [Non-Binary|He/They|AFAB] [Asexual Panromantic]
*Roxanne Weasley [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Homosexual Aromantic]
Hufflepuff
Cecil Emerson [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Stutter]
Benjamin Oppenheimer [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Ghost (Wendy) Uchdaren [Non-Binary|They/Them|AFAB] [Achillean]
Amythist (Amelia) Worth [Demigirl|They/Xe|AFAB]
Ravenclaw
Lilith Brocklehurst [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Theta Cornfoot [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Homosexual]
*Auggie (Augusta) Longbottom [Non-Binary|They/Them|AFAB] [Omnisexual]
Samuel Turpin [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Lisp]
Slytherin
Aaron (Lyra) Goyle [Male|He/Him|Trans] [Homosexual]
Nathaniel Meadowes [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Artticus Murk [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Nora Nott [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Gynesexual] [PTSD]
Magnolia Runcorn [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Bisexual]
Mauve (Hortensia) Selwyn [Demigirl|She/They/Vi|AFAB] [Asexual Aromantic]
Andrei Yaxley [Male|He/Him|Cis]
2018-2025
Gryffindor
Clarissa Bones [Female|She/Her|Cis]
*Hugo Granger-Weasley [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Homosexual] [Tourette’s]
*Lily Luna Potter [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Anxiety]
Hufflepuff
Cosmo (Samantha) Finch-Fletchley [Genderfae|She/They/Xe/Vi|AFAB] [Diamoric] [Bipolar]
Annaliese Macmillan [Female|She/Her|Cis]
*Lorcan Scamander [Male|He/Him|Intersex] [Homosexual]
*Lysander Scamander [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Demisexual Polyromantic] [SAD]
Cameron Uchdaren [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Ravenclaw
Maximus (Peony) Fawcett [DID System Host|Male|He/Ey|Trans] [Bisexual] [DID|PTSD]
Aster Zabini [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Slytherin
Claudius Murton [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Aurora Farley [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Demisexual]
Rheia Farley [Female|She/Her|Cis]
Casimir Yaxley [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Anxiety]
2019-2026
Hufflepuff
Annabelle Bones [Female|She/Her|Cis] [Pansexual Greyromantic]
Slytherin
Cordelias Flicker [Male|He/Him|Cis]
Silas Gibbon [Male|He/Him|Cis] [PD]
Benedict Murton [Male|He/Him|Cis] [Down Syndrome]
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stainedgold · 5 months
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Simple Character info
Kei Vern - Angel, 228 (21) years old, he/him, gay, aromantic, 5'7
Klaus Aare - Werewolf, 156 (29) years old, they/he (non-binary), aroace, 6'2
Mei Clove - Vampire+Succubi, 172 (28) years old, they/she/he (genderfluid), lesbian, ace, 6'4
Nico(las) Ino - Werecat, 76 (27) years old, he/they, bisexual male pref, 5'6
Elis Ruix - Angel, she/her, straight, 5'4
Orion Vex - Demon, he/they, bisexual fem pref, 5'8
Lila vern - Siren, 23 years old, she/her, straight, 5'5
^ (Technically dead but any posts w/ her would have her be around her alive age and Kei would be like younger)
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tc-doherty · 2 years
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Hehe I am off of work now and I can send you a couple white/silver haired disasters for blorsday or whatever it’s called lmao
First up it’s the one, the only, Saga. I talk about them a lot already but they tick almost all the boxes. Emo? My dude was experimented on and can kill people by touching them of course they’re emo and depressed. Bitchy? I would be too if that were me. Queer? Agenger bisexual legend!! Silver/white hair? Oh you bet, after the stress of dying and being pulled apart. Stupid? Oh. So very stupid. “Jump straight to trying to burn down the world without thinking of other solutions” levels of dumbassery. They don’t use magic exactly but they do have a mutated version of the Rapture where they don’t turn into a monster from it but they can spread the normal version to everyone that touches them :)
I also offer to you the main character from Malediction, Herais! The Witch Queen Bitch herself. Falls more on the manipulative side than the emo side but she does go through it. She’s a pansexual non-binary lady (she/they) who falls for a genderless Archdemon. She’s a very stupid smart person. Can craft intricate, wild spells but can’t communicate a feeling. She’s mean she’s rude she’s unruly she’s obnoxious. They’re so goddamn selfish and up their own ass that they stole a coven’s sacred book of shadows, got cursed for it, and refuses to give it back or break the curse on the written terms to the point they almost DIE.
And picking from my rp characters…Xanthiel doesn’t have white hair exactly, it’s a very dark brown and streaked with silver, but MAN OH MAN what a disaster. Forget being unable to communicate an emotion, this bitch can’t identify an emotion. They’re a pansexual agender angel that is an insufferable WHORE. “Oh no I can’t get back into Heaven and god won’t talk to me even though I did everything asked me, I lost everything, guess I’ll get high and have sex about it.” Idiot. Fool. I hate them I love them.
Honorable white hair character mentions for your consideration: Vex (emotionally oblivious murder rabbit), Skarja (tiny sorcerer), all of the penthos demigods (their hair turns white with age), wraith (a weird changeling), Rhys Amadeus (a literally lovesick witch), Aditya (angry assassin)
First of all, I love them all and am applying for godparent status immediately. Secondly, I love the way you describe them and some of these literally made me laugh out loud.
I remember reading about Saga before and being very interested! Sounds like they have a lot going on which I love and appreciate. And, as you said, they tick almost all the boxes. Looking forward to reading more about them in the future!
Herais is another fantastic edition, I love a stupid smart person!! Wiley and bitchy magic users, my beloved. Too stubborn for her own good? Fantastic. We love to see it. Also kind of feel like I would love to see them hanging out with my character Ithea which would be a train wreck, but would probably be a hilarious train wreck.
Xanthiel is the one that made me laugh the most, would absolutely love to know more! I can tell you right now if they were a character on a show, I would know immediately, as soon as they walked on screen, that they would be the one I would love the most.
You have such good taste in character creation, I love it, please feel free to tell me more information about any of the honorable mentions!
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rosemarydisaster · 2 years
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Oooh, we're airing our Campaign 1 and 2 Hot Takes™???? Because I have a few:
-Whenever Sam's character reveals to not be a two dimensional parody everyone acts like they never saw them as such...but their posts complaining about them being just jokes the week prior are still there. Same for Jester, you just have zero faith in the cast sometimes.
-The fandom baits itself with some queer couples. Like, sure, Shadowgast and Vaxmore had a base. In fact they're both canon (one as an epilogue the other as exs). But the way the fandom took Gilmore (and Essek) and obsessed over them week after week when they weren't even in the shower and then act surprised when Vax moved on is absurd. Sure, to you it was only this morning the last time you read a long meta on Essek's feelings for Caleb, but in game it's been months since they last talked. Stop building your expectations so much and then be mad that the canon differs.
-Tary is underappreciated as fuck. He had a banger of an arc, great story and was super cool LGBTQ rep (a little bit basic, but still great). In fact people always forget him when talking about Critical role's LGBTQ+ characters
-Also, people misgdendering Molly and Kingsley...just why. This fandom likes to be all preachy but at the same time they do this kinda shit. And sure, I'm not going to cancel anyone for a honest mistake. But don't attack the cast for things of the same caliber while denying you've ever done something like that. We all screw up at some point, and if you refuse to admit it, I don't trust you.
-People give Fjord a lot of shit for sleeping with Avantika when he only did it to get some information. While we're at it, I don't like the treatment of that moment in general. Caleb pressuring Fjord into sex with someone his scared of could have been a very interesting conversation on consent, but since Fjord's a dude no one questions that he liked it and done.
-The guests are super lovely and I feel really bad whenever the fandom shits on them for not playing at the same level that the other profesional players at the table. Specially the way people treated Aimee in Exu was wild. She didn't knew the game but still managed to be an excellent roleplayer, not afraid of playing a deeply flawed character as her first (in front of such a massive audience). And people still get mad at her for mechanical details I-
-Fuck all of you being biphobic towards Vax. Not only was he attracted to various NPCs (most notably Gilmore) but he also joked about it in different occasions (most notably, the love potion bit). While we're at it, Scanlan being bi (while part of a joke) was collectively ignored by a big chunk of the fandom, and so was Vex's bisexuality too. Sure, they came out because of jokes, but like so did most of my irl friend group????
-Just, in general the way the fandom treats discourse in general. people act as if every character has to say "hi, I'm Molly, I'm nonbinary and bisexual" for it to be canon. I swear, I will see a post shitting on Vax's bisexuality with thousands of likes and the next one is someone telling a non binary critter to std for saying that it pronouns for J'mon Sa Ord were not the best option. Sometimes you manage to simultaneously speak over LGBTQ+ and POC critters so you can "defend them", while also shutting down their valid constructive criticism.
-While we're at it, criticism. I've seen really cool posts about race, sexuality, gender and feminism from the critter community. This are posts that point out micro aggressions or stereotypes so that the cast can be better. If no one points out something, how the he will you fix it?? They have sensitivity consultants (at least now), but things can always be better.
And then there's that part of the fandom that assumes bad faith from the cast in every single mistake (or perceived mistake). People telling them how they should roleplay their characters and play their game. Bitch, and I mean this disrespectfully, find your own game if you want to play it so bad.
-THE MISOGYNY. Just, wtf. Why do people treat the female cast and the female characters like that?????? The infantilization, the demonization, just the whole deal of judging them differently. I know it is hard to admit that we have this double standard imbedded deep inside us because *society*, but come on. It's just ridiculous and it makes me too upset to even speak about it. I want to make a long post on this someday but, just not today.
-People interpreting things their way (totally valid) and getting mad when the cast had different intentions all along (fuck off). Jesus Christ, just for the love of God and everything Holy, admit you want to play your own game and leave the rest of us alone. Some of you have not played D&D and it shows. It's a roleplaying game in which people do whatever the hell they want. The rest of the annoying crowd is D&D people I would rather die than play with. I don't want to be in a table were people are going to get mad at me when I have different ideas than what they intended.
-Critical Role getting big is not some sort of betrayal. We made them big, now they are big. Easy. If you want to support only the most indie games, go support them and leave us alone.
-Also, stop acting like "being big" means that you can just send hate to the cast. When they answer you always act like they are being super mean because your just a teeny tiny Twitter account and they are famous. Look, if thousands of you keep saying "Keyleth is shit" it's normal that one of you is getting QRT with a "stf" from the cast. They are still people, and you're the one's at Goulet for them not interacting as much ,(which apparently you hate)
-Having said all this, I don't get mad about this shit on a daily basis because I curate my TL to only have people I like and that don't engage on toxic fandom bullshit. If fandom is hindering your enjoyment of the show, use the block button.
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maikolwaves · 3 years
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I do not respect Scott Cawthon, and as a member of the LGBTQ+, a Bisexual and a non-binary person heavily questioning their gender, I am deeply vexed by the things he stands for... HOWEVER. I also don't respect those who are choosing to DOX or harass the man and his family, that wont do you any good and you're just making yourselves look worse.
I will talk about me and my stance in the fandom later, hence me not having enough energy nor mental health for this shit at the moment. I need some time to process.
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chaos--creates · 3 years
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Info about the Code Misfits! (Soon to draw refs and please don't steal---- More info coming soon :>)
< Floopy - Code 1734 >
Floopy always wears a red bowtie. And he feels like it he'll wear a asexual colored one.
He is an Aromatic asexual, with a love for cinnamon.
His code is actually combined with a human named Vex, so he's able to change forms in certain situations.
He goes by Floopy, Code 1734, Vex, Floops, or just 1734
He has never been in a relationship--
He's technically dead but stayed half alive from medical treatments.
He goes by He/They/It pronouns
< Sandie - Code #1935 >
Sandie is that one gal you meet and just never leaves you alone, invading your dms, Always mailing you letters, or just hanging out by your door/window 24/7
She wears a sandwich looking hat on their head that floats. One layer of lettuce, one layer of tomato, one layer of Cheese, and Buns all in the hat. She wears a tie to look formal and because A friend gave it to her.
She is a Biromantic Bisexual, and Pangender. But mainly go by she/they.
She is in a relationship with Holly, and her sandwiches(lol- don't take this literally)
She goes by Sandie, Sand, Code #1935, or just 1935
< Holly - Code #1523 >
Holly is a chill, Hair stylist, and cartoon maker :)
They are non binary and go by he/they with lots of feminine features
They are dating Sandie, and have a soft spot for her.
He makes a lot of hair styles and has their own shop wear you can get wigs.
They are a Panromantic Asexual and have preferences for women/Feminine People.
They go by Holly, Hol, Bear, Code #1523, and 1523.
< Light - Code 1680 >
Light is a genderflux sensation, always sweet and caring when it come to others, they love everyone equally and don't hate unless it's beans. Then yes, they'll burn it.
They are Genderflux, and go by any pronouns. (He/She/They/It +any Neos)
She likes to read, draw, and write. His stories will be posted soon.
They have a thing for chocolate pudding.
He is a Panromantic Pansexual.
They do tend to doodle a lot of lamps *lol*
They go by Light, Light Blub, Idea, Code 1680, 1680.
< Cassie - Cassandra Eleanor >
Cassie is known as the player/protagonist of the main story. She protects the codes from the evil.
She is 12, but looks 15.
Her siblings are Sally Eleanor and Carterson Eleanor
She is cisgender (Female) and goes by she/her, they/Them is needed though!
She is bisexual
Her parents are Alexander Eleanor and Rachel Williams
She has ptsd and autism.
< Addy - Addison Martinez >
Addy is Another protector and helper. She is a sweet little girl with a love for fairies and flowers.
She is 11, and acts much older
She is heterosexual and questioning a bit.
She is friends with Cassie. They've been friends since they were 5.
She goes by she/her. He/him or they/them if she wanted or needed to.
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Hi everyone! So, I’m new to tumblr, and downloaded it for writing and art stuff, but first I tell you a little about myself! My names Vex, and I go by they/them pronouns, I’m Bisexual and non-binary, and I really like writing, art and anime. I plan on going to Japan to be a Manga author and animator when I graduate!
I am really happy to be here
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lurlur · 6 years
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The Squirrel Conundrum
I encountered my first squirrel when I was two years old. I've been told this story so many times that I feel like I can remember it happening, but I know that's just a vivid imagination.
My mother and maternal grandparents had taken me to a park. I'd done some running around, some kicking leaves and some chasing the grown ups. I was taking a rest when I saw it. A new animal.
On the ground, hunched over with its tail in a graceful loop, I felt confident in declaring it A Bunny. It fit the criteria of things I knew about bunnies.
But then, the bunny did a very unbunny thing. It scampered right up the tree! I didn't know much but I did know that bunnies don't live in trees. I reassessed.
Birdie. That was a birdie. Birdies sit in trees, bunnies sit on the ground. Yes, an easy mistake to make but that bunny was definitely a birdie instead. Sorted.
The squirrel, I assume, was annoyed at my misclassification and determined to vex me. It ran down the tree again, and sat amongst the leaves.
Bunny? Less of a statement, more of a question. My world as I knew it was being thrown into disarray. The squirrel responded by bounding up the tree again.
Well, that solves it. Birdie. It might look like a bunny close up, but it was definitely a birdie.
This happened a few more times. On the ground, it was clearly not a bird, but how else could it sit in a tree? The bunny/birdie dichotomy was failing me in the face of something new and unexplained.
My mother eventually took pity on me and taught me about squirrels, filling the the gap in my knowledge.
I was thinking about this story recently as I come to understand myself as bisexual. I'm bisexual regardless of whether I'm in a relationship with a man or a woman or a non binary person. I'm not a bunny on the ground and a birdie in a tree, I'm a squirrel all the time.
A squirrel is a perfectly fine thing to be.
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curriebelle · 6 years
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Critical Role and Queer Perspective
There’s a little Critical Role analysis I’ve been thinking about that probably won’t fit in my thesis, mostly because it’s too narrow in scope. I wanted to talk about it, though, because it’s been one of the most interesting transitions to watch in terms of how the show thinks about its queer characters.
I have no idea where I read the comment, because it was a very long time ago, but I also remember it vividly. A Critter explained that Gilmore’s scenes made them uncomfortable, because Gilmore fell into the trope that “Queer People Are Funny”. That’s the very 90s-sitcom-esque tradition of writing jokes where the punchline is that the character is A Gay. It’s a problem because it makes people not take queerness seriously - being gay is literally a joke. The first time I saw this comment was when the Whitestone Arc was first airing, but I’ve seen it repeated here and there throughout the run.
I don’t think that argument holds true anymore. Critical Role might not be perfect, but its attitude toward queer representation is not only above average, but also constantly improving. The show started with its singular gay character, Gilmore, who first showed up in Episode 14, and by the end of the series we have a non-binary emperor, two queer happily-ever-afters (Larry and Tary, and Kima and Allura), and multiple characters confirming queer sexualities. More importantly, these characters aren’t just token sexual minorities - they’re quite varied and interesting, and have stories that don’t revolve around their queerness, but don’t ignore their queerness either. The cast does make mistakes with these characters sometimes, but they are very eager to correct them when they do.
I think a really good point of contrast is when Scanlan drinks the love potion and falls briefly in love with Percy near the end of the campaign. That entire scene is utterly hilarious, but it’s no longer made hilarious by relying on the Queer People are Funny trope. It’s hilarious because Scanlan is over the top in his declarations (”your eyebrows...I want to lick them”), because Percy is constantly miffed that Vox Machina is shocked that someone finds him attractive, and because Vex is trying to manage the whole thing and failing not to threaten Scanlan’s life.
This is obviously a matter of opinion, but while the argument that Critical Role uses the Queer People Are Funny trope doesn’t hold true now, back when Episode 14 first aired it sort of was true. For future context, if you didn’t know, I’m queer myself and this episode didn’t bother me at all at the time. Still, I could certainly see how it would put other people off, and it does make me a little uncomfortable in hindsight.
In Episode 14 there are two big moments where the show wrings a joke out of people being queer. The first one is Gilmore’s introduction. The party prepares Vax to flirt with Gilmore for discounts, and they erupt into giggles when Gilmore comes swishing in, and any time Vax initiates flirtation or contact there’s more laughter. I think it’s important to compare this scenes with Vax’s first love scenes with Keyleth in Whitestone - which were notoriously awkward - because it becomes pretty clear after doing that that Vax flirting with Gilmore was A Joke. I don’t think it was meant to be mean-spirited - the players loved Gilmore and the fans did too, pretty much instantly - but there was something giggle-inducing about Matt and Liam trying to out-flirt each other.
The far more uncomfortable moment in Episode 14 is when Kima and Allura reunite. Matt describes them hugging and talking, and Orion - whose character Tiberius has a crush on Allura - starts grumbling that it’s “the story of his life”, implying that Kima and Allura are either together or interested in each other. This one is less “queer people are funny” and more “Orion gets weirdly pissed at his dungeon master for implying a women is attracted to another woman instead of him.” Matt’s initial reaction was to claim the two were ‘just good friends’. Orion’s reaction felt bizarrely possessive and objectifying - like he was upset that the character he’d ‘called dibs’ on, Allura, had the gall to flirt with someone else in front of him. Matt’s denial doesn’t strike me as a bad thing - he was more defending himself from Orion saying “Seriously, Matthew?” - but regardless, he eventually changed his mind on what kind of ‘good friends’ they were.
So we’ve got two early scenes that fall loosely into poor representations of queer characters - one turning gay men into jokes, and one objectifying queer women. In my mind these are more bruises than deep cuts, mistakes that make some people uncomfortable and that are worth pointing out, but that don’t condemn the creators or the show as hateful. It’s worth pointing out that the show does have queer players on it (at least one, possibly more), who didn’t find the scenes disturbing either. The most interesting thing about these moments, though, is how they triggered plotlines that continued throughout Critical Role - plotlines that actually transformed the show’s representation in a really neat way.
Let’s back up a moment. CritRoleStats has previously pointed out that Critical Role now comprises more content than The Simpsons. We’ve spent a lot of time with Vox Machina and their allies; as much time as The Simpsons has spent as an icon of popular culture. In fact, it’s pretty much only sitcoms that can rival Critical Role in terms of sheer runtime and content, but their formulas for churning out this content are very different. Sitcoms are purposefully written so that each episode starts with the status quo being disrupted and ends with the status quo being somewhat restored by the end, with a few lessons learned along the way. Think about i:; nearly forty years later, none of the Simpsons have aged a day. Other long-running shows (like Law and Order or Star Trek) can wring years and years of programming out of single-episode stories, each one forming their own unique adventure. Sometimes the characters grow between seasons a little, and some are killed off or leave the show, but the characters largely remain consistent so their adventures can continue in perpetuity.
Dungeons and Dragons campaigns, by their very design, have to progress. Characters gain experience, learn more about the world, explore it, make new friends, and develop relationships. Change is anathema to sitcoms, but integral to tabletop gameplay.
And alongside the players’ concerted efforts to get better at queer representation, I think this sense of progression was what changed how Critical Role thought about queer characters. The other key factor was that the players are both the writers and actors for their PCs. They know their motivations intimately, and they write their lines on the spot from what they feel like their character would do. And there is only so long that you can inhabit a character before you have to stop taking them as a joke.
I think the moment that drives this home hardest for me is still Vax ‘breaking up’ with Gilmore in Episode 38. He takes Gilmore aside in a tavern, says he’s enjoyed the flirting and that he’s ‘been curious’, but he can’t take it further because he’s in love with someone else. Gilmore is hurt, but gracious, and leaves the tavern. A brief pall hangs over the group after that, until the game moves on and the pain fades a little. Gilmore remained funny, and charming, and bombastic, and flashy, and lovable, but that was a moment he utterly stopped being a joke. His infatuation with Vax, or his love, or whatever you want to call it, was not funny anymore. It was heartbreaking in the way that only love can be, queer or otherwise. As painful as the scene was, it was a huge step in everyone’s ability to understand how to play queer characters. Vax was devastated that he had to break Gilmore’s heart, and Liam still identifies Vax’s biggest regret as “causing Gilmore any pain.” Moreover, Liam was more open and enthusiastic about Vax’s bisexuality as the campaign went on after that scene.
And after that scene, Gilmore disappears in the dragon attack. The group rescues him, and Matt reveals that he nearly died trying to save Uriel’s children. In the Chroma Conclave arc we learn he crafts his own spells, seen when he kills the assassin during the Rakshasa attack and when he helps create the Whitestone barrier. The party meets his parents in Ank’Harel, and learns he changed his name to help his business succeed. We learn during the fight with Thordak that he’s a runechild sorcerer, one of Matt’s homebrew classes. It was like something had snapped, and Gilmore suddenly unfolded into three full dimensions of characterization. Of course, the storyline had gotten more dark in general, but some characters - think Viktor or the mapmaker - remained jokes, no matter how dire their situations were. Not so with Gilmore. The events of the campaign, and the party’s investment in Gilmore’s well-being and their constant instinct to seek his advice or his help, allowed Matt to play him more and to get to know him better. We saw how he reacted to tragedy and pressure and the destruction of his livelihood. He became perhaps the most beloved and fleshed-out of all Matt’s NPCs, to the point where he - along with Cass and Kaylie - was Vecna’s chosen sacrifice to hurt Vox Machina the most.
Coincidentally, Kima went through the exact inverse of this development. In the Underdark, she rebuffed Grog and Scanlan’s advances (both of them hit on her quite a bit) and seemed much happier to be reunited with Allura. The joke that Kima and Allura were a thing began to seem, over time, like much less of a joke. Fans (bless Charlotte Sandmael, for one) helped persuade Matt into getting on that ship. At the same time, though, Matt wouldn’t have gotten them together for kicks or just to please shippers. Instead, he let Kima and Allura develop through the story of the Conclave’s return. The dragons from their past brought them back together again. We saw snippets of their guilt and panic and mutual support, and even of their relationship in less hectic times (”you didn’t have to wear the dress, Kima, it was just a suggestion-”). The storyline would likely have fleshed out Kima regardless, due to her history with the Conclave, but in getting to know both Kima and Allura better, I think Matt eventually saw what the fans were seeing, and he realized that the pair of them falling in love wasn’t really a joke after all.
So, Gilmore started as a beloved if somewhat stereotypical queer cameo, and he evolved into a well-rounded and absolutely adored queer character; and two characters that likely would have been well-rounded regardless naturally developed a queer relationship out of their storylines. I think that happened because Matt is, by all evidence, an extremely empathetic person, and as a dungeon master he strives to understand all the characters he creates inside and out. Look at how well he understands Sylas and Delilah’s relationship: they’re sympathetic and understandable, despite the fact that they’re also despicable. He gets deep, deep inside their heads. And when you get that deep inside the head of someone who is openly queer, you learn to write and play them in a wonderfully rich way; and when you get that deep inside the head of someone whose orientation you don’t know, you might find out that queerness is a part of their personality.
Which brings me, finally, to Tary. I think Tary is just about the pinnacle of this development arc across the story. Up until Tary, the only player character who had a really in-depth queer storyline to explore was Vax, which almost accidentally emerged from him treating Gilmore as a flirtatious comedic bit and then realizing, through roleplay, how strong and conflicted his feelings were. Interesting in its own right, but also more or less concluded as a storyline by Episode 57. By the time Tary shows up in Episode 85, though, Kima and Allura are together, Gilmore’s super well-explored as a character, and the non-binary J’mon has been introduced. Most of the other characters were sort of locked into female-male relationships at this point (or into Epic Single-ness, in the case of Grog Strongjaw), and regardless of their identities (bisexual Vex and Panlan Scanlan) they didn’t get as much time to explore the stories of their orientation as Vax did. So when Scanlan left and Sam had an opportunity to explore a new character, he ended up with Taryon Darrington, who was later established as gay.
The most excellent thing about Tary, besides literally everything else about Tary, is that I still don’t know if Sam knew he was gay from the beginning or if he figured it out along the way. I can’t remember what Sam has said about this, and in a way it almost doesn’t matter. Tary only had about fifteen episodes to explore who he was, and in that time he had a really compelling and honest series of fears and revelations about his sexuality. To me, Tary is pretty much the pinnacle of all the hard work Critical Role has done to try and understand and play queer characters more sensitively. As a character, Tary is far more than his queerness, but he also has chances to explore that queerness in a very real way - and he even gets a happy ending!
And yeah, some things about Tary were a joke - even some things about Gilmore and Kima and Allura are still jokes - but the other thing about love is that, along with being heartbreaking, it can be pretty hilarious. Kima gets grumpy about how perfect Allura’s hair is in the morning. Tary morosely dubs his lost love affair “Larry and Tary”. Gilmore teleports into a hallway where Vax is (for some reason) naked, and cheerfully asks if it’s his birthday.
I think the reason I’ve been so proud to watch all this development is that it doesn’t just explode that Queer People Are Funny joke from the inside, it actually fixes one of the most difficult things about it. Because queer people want representation that doesn’t make a joke out of their identities, it can sometimes be hard to write funny or happy stories about being queer, and that’s part of why we end up with endless numbers of queer tragedies. And that sucks, because queer characters seriously lack for happy endings. They don’t even get to have fun, in some universes. 
But being queer is fun. It’s fun and it’s funny. I loved the part where Kima was complaining to Allura about her dress. My first girlfriend was a wonderfully creative seamstress, and she and I used to cosplay together, so - let’s just say it brought back some nice memories. Critical Role remedied the problems that the Queer People are Funny trope created almost as a direct result of its format - as a result of spending so much time trying to understand those characters. Queer characters can be funny again, and they can be tragic, and they can be well-rounded and human. I think there’s a magnificent capacity for greater understanding here. It makes me very, very excited for the next campaign. If they came this far in round one, I really hope round two nets us a queer player character or three, and I can’t wait to meet them.
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People: we need more female protagonists!
Derek Landy: how about 10 books of that?
People: we need more bisexual characters!
Derek Landy: sexuality doesn't exist when you're 300 years old. Have Dexter Vex and Saracen Rue
People: we need more non-binary characters!
Derek Landy: cool! Have Never!
People: if only there was one book series that was totally inclusive
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borderlandsandsuch · 7 years
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Original Character-ness
Copied from GoldenMoon2000 on DeviantArt (originally posted there)
Pick an OC, answer questions as the character.
1. What is your name? Vexalara. My friends and enemies call me Vex.
2. Do you know why you are named that? My mother picked it. It has a specific meaning in Eridian, but I don’t remember it.
3 Are you single or taken? Happily taken 😊
4. Have any abilities or powers? … Do you have an eternity for me to list them all? Yes, a few being beyond human strength, endurance, durability and adaptation.
5. Stop being Mary Sue. … I don’t get it.
6. What’s your eye color? Blue most of the time. Unless I’m using my powers, then they’re purple.
7. How about hair color? Brown.
8. Have any family members? My father/mother/non-binary parent, an Eridian, and then there was my mother and my sister. They’re dead now.
9. Oh? How about pets? I guess I partially own a Bloodwing named Talon, since it refuses to listen to anyone else.
10. That’s cool, I guess. Now tell me something you don’t like. A lack of running water. Olives. People trying to hurt my friends.
11. Do have any activities/hobbies that you like to do? Bunkers and Badasses with Tina, reading, killing things, to name a few.
12. Have you ever hurt anyone in any? … I did mention killing things, right?
13. Ever… killed anyone before? I’m on Pandora, and I’m a Vault Hunter. What do you think?
14. What exactly are you? I’m an Eridian humanoid bounty hunter.
15. Name your worst habits Using morphine, and correcting people.
16. Do you look up to anyone? My friends Maya and Zero. Of course, I’d never tell THEM that.
17. Are you gay, straight or bisexual ? I’ve been informed the term is pansexual. I’ve mostly gone for humans, but I don’t really discriminate. 
18. Do you go to school? I used to. I don’t need to any more.
19. Ever want to marry and have kids one day? … I suppose? Maybe not the marriage thing, since it means next to nothing here, but I would like a child one day.
20. Do you have any fangirls/fanboys? I had a planet where I was their main religion. Does that count?
21. What are you most afraid of? Watching those I love die and having to live for eternity without them.
22. What do you usually wear? My armor, my leather jacket, combat boots, and my necklace.
23. What’s one food that tempts you? I don’t really eat often, but lemon squares are very good. And cookies.
24. Am I annoying you? Very much.
25. Well, it’s still not over! Oh yay.
26. What class are you (low/middle/high)? We don’t really have classes on Pandora.
27. How many friends do you have? Actual friends? Fifteen maybe? Could be more.
28. What are your thoughts on pie? It’s alright.
29. Favorite Drink? A full one? There’s a type of Eridian alcohol that Moxxi keeps under the bar for me. It’s quite nice, but would immediately immolate a human if they drank it.
30. What’s your favorite place? Wam-Bam Island. It’s absolutely beautiful there ☺
31. Are you interested in anyone? Well, I’m with Mordecai, so yes, I’d say so.
32. That was a stupid question… Oh really?
33. Would you rather swim in a lake or the ocean? I like the ocean.
34. What’s your type? Tall, dark, and deadly 😉
35. Any fetishes? Fast and rough, and digging my nails into their back. That’s all I’ve discovered so far, but we’re experimenting.
36. Camping or outdoors? Outdoors, always.
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